Band of Brothers

I love this series. So I ordered it. Unfortunately, I never rec'd the item. :-(

Great series. My husband has wanted this for quite sometime. He was greatly suprised when he opened the box. My uncle fought in the Battle of the Bulge and was taken prisoner by the Germans. This series protrays the battle "spot on" to what he told us about it.
Thank you HBO for putting it out on CD's.

Band of Brothers takes us from Boot camp through the great battles of the European Theater of operations to the final Victory against Hitler's Third Reich. Along the way, we see these Band of Brothers (from Shakespeare's famous speech in Henry V - "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers...") as land at Normandy, weather the onslaught of Bastogne, cross into Germany, liberate a concentration camp and finish their tour of duty in Victory.

Each man is carefully studied archetype in American society from the tough mouthed city boys to more buoyant Midwestern toughs. The new officers must suffer the looks and doubts of the experienced dogfaces while the veteran officers must fulfill their missions - all the while dreading the loss of men that they have come to know and respect. We feel their hopes and dreams. We hope that they live to fulfill these dreams.

In perilous times such as the present fight against terrorism this DVD set is a fitting introduction and education that the threat of National Socialism and Radical Islam requires our attention, devotion and sacrifice now and for the Next Generation.

Watch the show with your family, including the children old enough to understand. Take the time to explain the history and threat. To give context to the duty of the soldiers to our Country. The reason for the genocide against the Jews. The need for future vigilance.

Right off the top - good looking men in uniform all over the place
doing manly things.

I originally bought this as a VHS set at a thrift store to give to my brother. I do not have cable, so I decided to give it a whirl. I was not expecting much but a modern standard war movie that would probably turn me off. Not so. Being that it is based on true events, I found it fascinating.

The characters are fairly well-developed for as many as there are, though I had a hard time figuring out who some of them were in relation to where I had seen them either earlier or later in the series.

I read a review online somewhere that said they had the same issue with it and that there was too much backdrop that it interferes with the characters. However, they had a lot of people in that company and they had to fill this one out with more characters than most people are used to seeing in one film.

I have now watched this 10 times and I am keeping it in my collection. Every time I watch it, I pick up on more and understand the characters and their situations a little better. I read somewhere else that another viewer's experience was greatly enhanced by reading the book along with the series.

The authentic detailing of the sets and the props really gave me some historical perspective on what that time period was like as it pertained to war. I learned much about the logistics of WWII, being largely uneducated on the subject.

The camera work is amazing as well and you can tell that Spielberg had something to do with the way this movie came out as an artistic piece.
The special effects are pretty good too.

There are also some really humorous scenes complimented by camera angles that I still like to watch. The acting is also superb in this film. Mathew Settle is one of the most handsome actors I've ever seen and does a great job of playing the effective, cool and collected Lt. Spiers.

I enjoyed the fact that there are interviews of the veterans who were actually in this company and talk of their experiences. A whole segment is dedicated just to them as well as having some shorter interviews before episodes.

Being a woman, the violence in it is not too bad - not like the serious blood, guts, and gore you see in other adventure or horror movies. However, it still gives you a realistic look of how horrible war is in terms of overall death and destruction.

I'm still wondering where they got the very thin people to play the concentration camp prisoners. I guess I am going to buy the DVD set for the extras and special features next.

Come watch this movie to learn about the heroes of World War II. They truly are the greatest generation. Without their sacrifice and heroism we as a nation would not exist nor the citizenry of Europe. A must see for those who want to know what WWII was like in both U.S. and abroad. Highly recommended! (Graphic in nature)